The Healthy Eating and Cooking on a Budget Cookery Courses, run by NHS Sefton’s Food and Health Workers, are offering practical cooking advice.

Mums, dads and grandparents have been learning how to feed their kids healthy food which doesn’t break the bank.

Food and Health worker Lisa Hengler said: “The courses are run over four weeks.

“It’s not just about cooking though we also look at what your portion sizes should be. “The course also looks at how we can all increase fruit and vegetables in meals and cut down on the amount of fat in meals, particularly saturated fat such as butter.”

Little Amie Lightwood has been loving the new recipes her gran has been cooking.

Mrs Richardson, from Netherton, said: “It has made me think more about what I feed my family, to make sure they get all the good stuff they need without all the extra fat.